Eevonne smiled and said miserably, "Actually, I have long wanted to argue with my mother. I never understood why she loved my cousins more than my brother and I since we were children. I don't understand why she would look down on her own children. Since she looked down on me so much, why was I the one who needed to take care of all her expenses when she got sick? Why didn't your nephew and nieces pay for you? My family was so poor when I was still a child! We were so poor that we couldn't even have enough to eat. However, when my cousin came over, my mother would purposely go out to buy ham for him. Later, I asked my mother and I told her that my brother and I really wanted to have ham as well. But my mother raised her hand and slapped me until my face was swollen. While she slapped me, she kept scolding me for being a glutton! However, Kingston, do you know? My mother had been looking down on us since childhood, and when she brought us to my grandmother's house, she would treat us wi
"The reason she didn't divorce him was that they had my brother and me. Which meant that both of us are a burden to her. She has been instilling this idea in us since childhood. She let my brother and I feel deep down that we are redundant. She had been instilling such ideas in us from a very young age. After we slowly grew up, my brother and I felt that my mother should be loving her niece and nephews, and both of us were just sinners in front of them. My brother and I had never been able to hold up our heads in front of those relatives at all. We've always been inferior to others. No matter what, my aunts would still support their children and let them study more. But what about my brother and me? We could barely afford to pay for education since elementary school. We still couldn't afford to study when we were in middle school. We had just learned to read a few words, but we had to drop out. How could my brother and I have great capabilities? My so-called capabilities, the decent jo
Eevonne hung her head. "Because I was too angry, I just blurted out at that time."Kingston opened his mouth as if he hesitating to say something, but he still decided to say it out loud. "Eevonne, after listening to what you've told me, I feel that even though your mother has a bad temper and she often looked down on you guys, the responsibility that she was actually shouldering in this family still a little more than your father. Don't you think? I don't know your father nor do I know your mother. I only knew them through your words."Eevonne nodded heavily. "I know. I understood all that. If we were to take a million steps back, my mother is still the one who contributed more to my family. If I wasn't considerate to my mother, I wouldn't have sent money to her every month for so many years. My mother is in charge of all the money in the family. I willingly took cash advances on my credit card to give it to her because she indeed had it rough. She has truly done plenty for this fam
Kingston sighed. "Did you ask her so bluntly? That indeed is a little too much. She is your mother, after all."Eevonne's tears were streaming down her face. "I know. I also regretted it as soon as I said those words at that time. I apologized to her as soon as I talked back to her. However, my mother has always been very strict with my brother and me. Also, we have never talked back to her before when we were growing up. She certainly could not stand it when I suddenly talked back to her. She then cried, beat me up, and scolded me at the same time like she had gone crazy. She said I have no conscience. My uncle's family had been feeding me and providing for me since I was a child. In the end, after I grew up, I lost my conscience. She said she wouldn't be as selfish as the York family. It doesn't matter if her children have better food, worse food, or live any kind of life. No matter what, we are still her own children. However, she can't mistreat other people's children. She said ev
Eevonne smiled miserably for a moment. "To be honest with you, Kingston, I am still one hundred thousand dollars in debt. You didn't expect that, did you? You originally thought that you had saved a very simple girl from a village. In the end, however, you've saved a person with a huge debt instead. Don't worry, Kingston. I won't borrow money from you. I won't ask you for a single cent at all. I've finally met someone who is so willing to listen to me, who doesn't look down on me, and even treats me as a friend. I certainly won't ruin this kind of relationship. The fact that you're willing to take me as a friend and not think of me as a psycho already made me feel very touched."Hearing her words, Kingston felt quite saddened. "What do you plan to do next then?"Eevonne smiled miserably. "What plans can I have? Even my mother doesn't want me anymore. The thirty thousand dollars that I've saved in the past two years are in her hands. The house is also hers. She can give them to whoeve
"As long as you're able to not take things to heart," Kingston said gently.Eevonne wiped her tears while looking at Kingston. "Do you think that I will really take a knife and kill my cousin?"Kingston laughed. "No. You're not that silly, aren't you?"Eevonne sighed. "My reputation in my village is ruined anyway. There's no going to be any man that wants me anymore. I'm already in this state, so I might as well just treat myself as a laborer. The first thing to do is to clear my debt. As for everything else, I'll just wait and see. Oh, Kingston, the payment for the hospitalization, could you…"She looked at Kingston in embarrassment while biting her lips. All she had on her was only a thousand dollars at best. She had to use that money to travel to her temporary jobs and also to find a permanent job. She also had to use that for a month's living expenses. Therefore, she truly has no money to pay for the hospitalization expenses anymore.Kingston smiled. "Eevonne! It's because you
Eevonne threw herself into Kingston's arms immediately and cried in extreme fear. "They beat me up. I'm in pain all over my body. My head was rubbed on the concrete pavement and it hurts like hell. It's so painful…""I know. I know it all," Kingston said while feeling heartbroken.When the doctor was administering antivenom to Eevonne, he did a full body check for her as well. Her organs were fine, but there were quite a few soft tissue injuries. There were injuries all over her scalp. Kingston could not help but feel emotional that both parties are families, they were cousins, but her cousin unexpectedly could beat her up so violently. However, when he gave it another thought, was this not how it has always been? Master Sebastian's brothers had also exhausted all the ways to kill him back then, had they not? Humans have always had an evil side."Get some sleep. Nobody would come and beat you up again," Kingston coaxed Eevonne gently. She then closed her eyes again. This time, she s
"Kingston, we actually barely knew each other, but I…I truly have spilled my guts too much to you yesterday. I am sorry, Kingston. I've embarrassed myself. Also, I am actually fine. I just…owe a little money. I am able to clear it. Just pretend that everything I've said yesterday is nonsense. Don't put it on your mind. After we've both recovered, you should…hurry up and look for your cousin. Don't have your business delayed."Kingston nodded. "I got it. I will. Hmm…"After he thought about it, he said, "I'm very honored that you treat me as your friend. I'm even more honored that you spilled your guts to me. I feel that I can carry out another profession in the future.""What profession?" Eevonne asked in confusion."Agony aunt," Kingston said very seriously.Eevonne laughed extremely happily."Hurry up and eat or it won't be as tasty anymore.""Mm-hmm." The girl lowered her head and wolfed her food down.Both of them were hospitalized for a week. It was after they had complete